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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Anna Hayden Townsend of Chicago; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Anna Townsend was born in Cythianna, Kentucky on 
5February 20, 1923 to Ed and Katie Hayden; she graduated from 
6Western High School in Paris in 1941 and attended Kentucky 
7State College before joining the Women's Army Corp in 1943; she 
8married Frank Townsend in 1946 and they had 3 children, 
9Patricia, Cleveland, and Lavelle; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Anna Townsend was a licensed cosmetologist; she 
11retired in 1993 from the Chicago Police Department after 31 
12years of service as a data entry specialist; she worked with 
13co-workers to start the AFSCME union local for civilians at the 
14Chicago Police Department central headquarters; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Anna Townsend believed in getting involved in her 
16community and local politics; she joined the Young Democrats in 
17the early 1960s; she served as a board member of the Henry 
18Booth House, as a Brownie and Intermediate Girl Scout troop 
19leader and Boy Scout den mother, and she actively participated 
20in the Parent-Teacher Associations in the schools that her 
21children attended; she volunteered with the March of Dimes, the 
22Cancer Society, the United Negro College Fund, the Urban 
 
 
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1League, the Renaissance Court in the Chicago Cultural Center, 
2and The South Shore Opera Guild; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Anna Townsend was a resident of the South Shore 
4neighborhood for the past 42 years; she was a life-long member 
5of the Methodist Church, and, most recently, a member of South 
6Shore United Methodist Church; and
  
 
  
7    WHEREAS, Anna Townsend is survived by her brother, Paul 
8Hayden; her daughter, Patricia Townsend Knazze; her son, 
9Cleveland Townsend (Theresa); and her granddaughters, Lisa 
10Knazze Washington (Walter, Jr.), Kaira, and Kealy Townsend; 
11therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Anna Hayden Townsend, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
15family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
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17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Anna Townsend as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.